by TimeTravel123456789 » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:32 pm
There was a recent APOD discussing the idea that the Casimir effect relates to the dark energy effect.
An explanation which I mentioned to NASA Public Affairs line is from Einstein's Paper #4 in Annalen Physika. I sent something similar to several resources.
The last line is "Radiation may have an inertia..."
The point is that there is more area for radiation internally to spread therefore having more inertia internally. The Casimir effect says with less area outside, there is more pressure on the outside of a region than inside. Similar, the Casimir effect combined with the last line of Einstein's paper #4 is that there is more inertia for the light to spread because there is more area for the radiation to disperse internally rather than outside the area of dispersion.
What I mentioned to NASA Public Affairs is that there might be a measurable pressure on the outer part of the Space Shuttle and Space Station.
On the other hand, I happen to think the red shift may not be due to doppler effect and may actually be due to gravititational red shift.
(I was able to read Paper #4 in the hallway at a local physics department Nothwestern University. I hope they are not uspet about mentioning that I saw the paper there after an observing session.)
James T. Struck
There was a recent APOD discussing the idea that the Casimir effect relates to the dark energy effect.
An explanation which I mentioned to NASA Public Affairs line is from Einstein's Paper #4 in Annalen Physika. I sent something similar to several resources.
The last line is "Radiation may have an inertia..."
The point is that there is more area for radiation internally to spread therefore having more inertia internally. The Casimir effect says with less area outside, there is more pressure on the outside of a region than inside. Similar, the Casimir effect combined with the last line of Einstein's paper #4 is that there is more inertia for the light to spread because there is more area for the radiation to disperse internally rather than outside the area of dispersion.
What I mentioned to NASA Public Affairs is that there might be a measurable pressure on the outer part of the Space Shuttle and Space Station.
On the other hand, I happen to think the red shift may not be due to doppler effect and may actually be due to gravititational red shift.
(I was able to read Paper #4 in the hallway at a local physics department Nothwestern University. I hope they are not uspet about mentioning that I saw the paper there after an observing session.)
James T. Struck